Sunday, February 19, 2017
Log Entry #3: Potential Paralysis
***Well, I was planning to have a piece of art done, and a picture taken of it to post here for my next entry, but that didn't happen. I apologize. ***
I have been a bit discouraged this week, largely due to the fact that there are SO MANY options when it comes to using art and other creative pursuits to make money, or at least just to spend/waste time on. There are so many, in fact, that to focus one's efforts in one avenue, means that you'll likely not be able to make something in any of the others. Or at least I don't feel that I could.
It's like you're standing in the candy store with a few dollars in your hand, and you're trying to figure out which flavor (that you can afford) will be the most fulfilling for you, so you stand there for hours because there are so many things you'd love to sink your teeth into. No big deal, you can take your time right? Now what if those few dollars became fewer and fewer the longer you stood there, but you still didn't want to waste them on something unfulfilling, so you end up wasting them anyway as they slip away with you having nothing to show for it.
That's what I'm afraid of. Lately I've seen so many things I want to do, that I end up doing absolutely nothing, and my whole day is wasted completely. I want to draw, want to paint, write, plan for my Dungeons & Dragons game, write a campaign setting for DnD, and many other interesting things, but I can't choose between them and I do nothing all day.
It's so hard to pick just one thing and do it, at least for that day. I love options, possibly a little too much. The thought of choosing a path that limits my options down the road frightens me, but I know if I can pick the right path I will feel good about it and the limitations won't be an issue. Kinda like getting married to my wonderful husband. Yeah, I can't date anybody I want anymore, but I found the perfect man for me and I don't care about the narrowing of my choices.
Yes, I know, planning which artistic things to pursue each day is nothing compared with the heavy choice of till death do us part, but your career can be, and I want my art to be my career.
I really need to make a schedule and organize my art by priority. That's so much easier said than done.
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You sound very frustrated. I can understand having so many things on your list you get overwhelmed and get nothing done. Been there, done that.
ReplyDeleteI make a list, give each a priority and an estimated completion time for the project (which is never correct, lol) Then make a schedule for the week.
Approaching it like that I feel like I make more progress because I can see on my schedule what I have accomplished, even if the project has not yet been completed. I almost always multi-task. If I hit a wall with the project I am working on, I just move on to the next assignment and let that simmer on the back burner until the solution presents itself or until the next scheduled time arrives.
Determining your customer base is also an important consideration. How you will market your product, where your customers will come from. There are many avenues to explore, you will just need to finds which ones suit you best.
Hope this helps.
Melz, this is very helpful advice! Thank you for commenting!
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